HB348
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HB 348 (BR 1390) - J. Hoover, J. Nemes, J. Fischer, DJ Johnson, A. Koenig, T. Turner
AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
AMENDMENTS
HCS1 - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload every eight years; amend KRS 23A.040 and 23A.045 to add a circuit court judge to the Fifty-fifth Circuit; amend KRS 23A.045 and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Twenty-eighth Circuit and the Fifty-fourth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.050 to reduce the number of district judges in the Fifty-fifth District; amend KRS 23A.040 and 23A.045 to remove a circuit judge from the Thirty-first Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to combine the Fifty-ninth district into the the First District; specify election schedule for new judgeships; request that the additional circuit court judgeships be designated as family court judgeships and establish election dates; request that the division removed from the Fifty-fifth District should be Division One; Sections 6 to 8 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.
SCA1( W. Westerfield ) - Amend to require the Supreme Court to certify necessity if a weighted caseload analysis indicates a need to make any changes.
SCA1( W. Westerfield ) - Amend to require the Supreme Court to certify necessity if a weighted caseload analysis indicates a need to make any changes.
Feb 09, 2018 - introduced in House
Feb 13, 2018 - to Judiciary (H)
Feb 20, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 05, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 06, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 07, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
Mar 12, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 69-17 with Committee Substitute
Mar 13, 2018 - received in Senate
Mar 14, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)
Mar 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Mar 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 20, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 32-5 with committee amendment (1)
Mar 22, 2018 - received in House; to Rules (H); taken from Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1); House concurred in Senate committee amendment (1); passed 63-31; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
Mar 27, 2018 - enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor
Apr 02, 2018 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57)